Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104523 total results. Showing results 77981 to 78000 «389638973898389939003901390239033904Next ›Last » Surge in car thefts as electronic keys make them too easy to steal A surge in “keyless” car thefts has driven motor insurance claims to their highest level in seven years. The Times - Subscription at source 28/5/2019 News Car theft payouts ‘at seven-year high’ Motor theft insurance claim payouts hit their highest level in seven years at the start of the year, according to the insurance industry trade body. BBC 28/5/2019 News Non-emergency 101 calls to become free Calls to the 101 police non-emergency number will be free from April 2020. BBC 28/5/2019 News First female officer to take charge of counter-terrorism at Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Angela McLaren will take up responsibility for the crime portfolio in the coming weeks after the former boss was seconded to another unit. Scottish Police Federation (SPF) 27/5/2019 News Police Scotland chief defends asking Metropolitan Police to probe defunct covert unit A probe into the actions of the former Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency is to be carried at the request of Police Scotland’s chief constable Iain Livingstone. The Scottish Police Authority challenged the decision at a meeting in Edinburgh, with former deputy chief constable Tom Halpin highlighting the Met’s own covert policing scandals. Scottish Police Federation (SPF) 27/5/2019 News Women in Law Enforcement and Police Use of Deadly Force We test the hypothesis that law enforcement agencies that have a larger share of female officers should experience lower rates of police use of deadly force. We use the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics 2013 survey of police and sheriff departments (N = 1,983). We measure police-involved violence as the number of civilians killed by law enforcement officers from 2013 through 2015 as reported by the website Mapping Police Violence. Using a variety of empirical estimators to take into consideration the structure of the distribution of police-caused deaths, we find consistent results that a higher share of female officers is associated with a higher likelihood of police-caused deaths. These results are consistent with prior findings within the literature and implies that in order to “fit in” with their male counterparts female officers will use coercive tactics to the same extent. Women and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 27/5/2019 Research article Arresting (non)citizenship: the Policing Migration Nexus of Nationality, Race and Criminalization In this article I examine ‘Operation Nexus’, a collabourative initiative between the police and immigration enforcement in the UK, and its impact on foreign national and minority ethnic suspects of offending. I explain how strategic policing aims to manage migration around notions such as ‘high harm’ offenders, target those who appear ‘foreign’ as well as visible ethnic minority suspects, the latter of which may hold citizenship in the UK. The consequences of Operation Nexus are therefore wider than its stated aim because it legitimizes racial profiling by the police and has negative consequences on notions of belonging for racialized foreign nationals and citizens albeit in different ways. By presenting empirical research with those who implement Operation Nexus as well as those who experience it, I elucidate how the policing of migration revives and extends colonial premises that connect nationality, race and criminalization within the expanding and merging realm of contemporary criminal justice and migration control. I draw on Lerman and Weaver’s thesis that when contemporary criminal justice policies disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities, they create an unequal group of people that are exiled within their own society and disenfranchised from public institutions such as the police. Theoretical Criminology 27/5/2019 Research article Rethinking Police Education in the United States Higher education for police in the United States began as police science and police administration in the early-to-middle 1900s but morphed into criminal justice starting in the 1960s, continuing in that mould to the present. This paper examines curricula at a handful of universities to provide a snapshot of U.S. police education today, illustrating that modern criminal justice programs do not focus very much on police at either the undergraduate or graduate level. The paper then considers alternative models that could provide students a more in-depth encounter with the now-robust policing body of knowledge, something that barely existed 50 years ago but could, at this point, serve as the foundation for a respectable and relevant academic and professional education. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 27/5/2019 Research article Forensic sciences in Dundee should serve as model for rest of UK A crisis in forensic science services in England and Wales could be solved by looking to work carried out in Dundee, it has been claimed. The Courier (Scotland) 27/5/2019 News Comparing Solved and Unsolved No-Body Homicides in Australia: An Exploratory Analysis Factors that are both within and outside of police discretion can pose challenges to solving homicides generally. There has been little study of no-body homicides, nor why some remain unresolved. This analysis compares solved and unsolved no-body homicides in Australia using Pearson’s chi-square tests of independence. Coroners’ findings, case law, and media reports from 1983 to 2017 were examined. Cases (N = 55; 42.4% solved) differed based on the victim’s age, who reported them missing, reward money, Coronial inquests, who determined homicide, availability of evidence and confessions, suspects lying, establishing crime scenes, and motivations. Homicide Studies - Registration at source 27/5/2019 Research article Illegal dumping is the ‘new narcotics’ for organized criminals in the U.K. “We have to take defending ourselves into our own hands,” one farmer said as moats and trenches are dug and reinforced gates installed. NBC 27/5/2019 News Women in Law Enforcement and Police Use of Deadly Force We test the hypothesis that law enforcement agencies that have a larger share of female officers should experience lower rates of police use of deadly force. We use the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics 2013 survey of police and sheriff departments (N = 1,983). We measure police-involved violence as the number of civilians killed by law enforcement officers from 2013 through 2015 as reported by the website Mapping Police Violence. Using a variety of empirical estimators to take into consideration the structure of the distribution of police-caused deaths, we find consistent results that a higher share of female officers is associated with a higher likelihood of police-caused deaths. These results are consistent with prior findings within the literature and implies that in order to “fit in” with their male counterparts female officers will use coercive tactics to the same extent. Women and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 27/5/2019 Research article Westminster urged to grant Scotland powers to deal with drugs ‘national emergency’ Transform Drug Policy Foundation's Martin Powell explains what Scotland could do to tackle our drugs crisis. Daily Record 27/5/2019 News Police Scotland perverts once hailed as heroes of force Ryan Ballard, Darryl Burnside and Liam Roberts were all snared over child sex crimes despite being highly-regarded officers. Daily Record 27/5/2019 News Police in Scotland probing 36 alleged sex offences by own officers Serving cops are at the centre of dozens of “live investigations” for alleged sexual crimes committed both on and off duty. Daily Record 27/5/2019 News Police chiefs guide officers to impose bail conditions protecting victims and vulnerable people New operational guidance has been issued to officers and staff reinforcing pre-charge bail as a legitimate tool in investigating crime and protecting the public following a decrease its use since 2017. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 27/5/2019 News Increasing public trust in intelligence-led policing Boyd Mulvey calls for an advocate to champion better communication around the benefits of intelligence-led policing, with comment from the Independent Digital Ethics Panel for Policing and Essex Police Computing - Registration at source 27/5/2019 Feature, Opinion New policing: It’s not just about a new chief constable Simon Byrne was nobody’s favourite for the top policing job here; not part of the pre-interview talk or predictions, other than as a bolt-on or end thought in conversations about Jon Boutcher, Stephen Martin and Mark Hamilton. EamonMallie.com 27/5/2019 Feature, Opinion Probation resettlement not working Former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling always argued the main reason for his part privatisation of the probation service known as Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) was to cut reoffending by short-term petty criminals who were in and out of prison. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/5/2019 News More bad news on our prisons Peter Clarke, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, is not a happy man. The whole point of being a chief inspector in his view, and, I’m sure, in most of ours, is not simply to point out when a public institution is failing but to do so with the expectation that the failings are put right. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/5/2019 Feature, Opinion «389638973898389939003901390239033904Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
